- Bob & Nancy - Broccoli Tahini Bake , Mac & Cheeze w/ Quorn & Mushrooms
- Adam - "Scalloped" Potatoes, a side like Curried Spinach or Eggplant
- David & Holly - not yet decided
- Martha - Vegan Turkey
- Tamara, Matt & Carlos - 2 Tofurkey Roasts, Desert
- Danny (probably) – not yet decided
- Heather G., Kohki, Adan, & Skye plus 2 guests – 2 Pumpkin Tureens, Desert
- Rachelle & Husband - not yet decided
- Bella, Orion, Sage, & Solen - not yet decided
Friday, November 13, 2009
What's Cooking? Potluck Update.
Here's the list of who is coming and what they are bringing:
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Vegan Thanksgiving!
On Sunday, November 22 at 1:00 p.m., the Humboldt Vegetarian Society will host a vegan Thanksgiving potluck at the Humboldt Area Foundation Community Center, 373 Indianola Road in Bayside.
This event is open to the public and is free of charge. Attendees should bring one or two vegan dishes to share, as well as their own plates, cups, and utensils. (Vegan means no animal products, including meat, fish, dairy, eggs, honey, etc.)
Anyone who is interested is welcome to stay after the meal to help with a holiday craft project that will benefit the Sequoia Humane Society.
The Humboldt Vegetarian Society is a group of vegans, vegetarians, and omnivores who meet monthly to share delicious vegan food, recpies, and good company. For more information, please visit their website at www.HumboldtVeg.blogspot.com.
This event is open to the public and is free of charge. Attendees should bring one or two vegan dishes to share, as well as their own plates, cups, and utensils. (Vegan means no animal products, including meat, fish, dairy, eggs, honey, etc.)
Anyone who is interested is welcome to stay after the meal to help with a holiday craft project that will benefit the Sequoia Humane Society.
The Humboldt Vegetarian Society is a group of vegans, vegetarians, and omnivores who meet monthly to share delicious vegan food, recpies, and good company. For more information, please visit their website at www.HumboldtVeg.blogspot.com.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
11/3 Business Meeting Recap
Meeting date: 11/3/2009
In attendance: Heather G., Adam, Tamara, Valerie, Kindrick, & Marie
Topic 1: November Event
It was decided that our Thanksgiving potluck will be held on Sunday, November 22nd at 1:00 at the HAF Community Center (subject to confirmation of facility availability).
We're going to ask people to RSVP for this event and let us know what they are going to bring, so that we can be sure that we have all the usual Thanksgiving categories covered. For those who are able, it would be great if you could maybe bring two items instead of one - people tend to pig out on Thanksgiving - maybe a main dish plus dessert or two sides, etc.
After the meal, attendees are invited to participate in a project to benefit the Sequoia Humane Society. We'll be making ornaments featuring adoptable animals, which will be sold by the SHS as a holiday fundraiser.
We also thought it would be nice to come up with some kind of an idea for an 'icebreaker' activity; something that would encourage people to mingle with others beyond their immediate table-mates.
Action items:
Thanks to my week-long illness, we're really down to the wire on this - the event is just two weeks from today, which doesn't give us a lot of time to work on publicity. I'll get the flyer and press release done tomorrow and we'll need to really move quickly after that.
This seems like an event with the potential to bring some new faces to the group, so if anyone has ideas for getting more publicity than we usually do, let me know. I was thinking that we might want to follow up the press release distribution with some phone calls to see if we can get more coverage than just the usual community calendar inclusions.
Topic 2: December Event
We didn't go into a lot of detail for the December event, but our plan is to do some kind of a cookie exchange, possibly taking the finished cookie plates to a local rest home or something rather than just taking them home to our own families. (I didn't take the greatest notes on this portion of our discussion so if I'm forgetting something, please chime in, fellow attendees.)
Action items:
Topic 3: Overall Direction for the Humboldt Vegetarian Society
We talked about our individual motivations for becoming part of the group, and what aspects each of us likes about the existing format, and what we'd each like to see added or changed. We did some brainstorming and came up with lots of ideas for possible new directions, but also discussed our desire to not take on more than we can really handle at such an early stage of the group's development.
The potential areas of focus for the group can be broken down into three categories - social (i.e. just meeting and spending time with other vegans and vegetarians), advocacy/outreach/education, and volunteering. I'll list all of our brainstormed ideas by category -
Social
I think that's it. If there's anything I've forgotten, please feel free to chime in, Heather, Adam, Valerie, Kindrick, or Marie!
In attendance: Heather G., Adam, Tamara, Valerie, Kindrick, & Marie
Topic 1: November Event
It was decided that our Thanksgiving potluck will be held on Sunday, November 22nd at 1:00 at the HAF Community Center (subject to confirmation of facility availability).
We're going to ask people to RSVP for this event and let us know what they are going to bring, so that we can be sure that we have all the usual Thanksgiving categories covered. For those who are able, it would be great if you could maybe bring two items instead of one - people tend to pig out on Thanksgiving - maybe a main dish plus dessert or two sides, etc.
After the meal, attendees are invited to participate in a project to benefit the Sequoia Humane Society. We'll be making ornaments featuring adoptable animals, which will be sold by the SHS as a holiday fundraiser.
We also thought it would be nice to come up with some kind of an idea for an 'icebreaker' activity; something that would encourage people to mingle with others beyond their immediate table-mates.
Action items:
- Reserve space at HAF (responsible: Tamara)
- Compile list of RSVPs and dishes being brought and post to larger list 2x/week now until event (responsible: Heather G.)
- Get materials and instructions from SHS for ornament-making (responsible: Tamara)
- Design and print flyers (responsible: Tamara)
- Distribute flyers (need help from others with this one; please let me know if you can help)
- Write press release (responsible: Tamara)
- Distribute press release (responsible: Heather {I'm assuming - is this okay, Heather?})
- Come up with an idea for an 'icebreaker' game or activity (I'm putting this to the group - any ideas? Valerie volunteered her husband if we need an MC-type person for anything...)
- Coordinate a kids' activity to be done while the adults are working on the ornaments (volunteer needed)
Thanks to my week-long illness, we're really down to the wire on this - the event is just two weeks from today, which doesn't give us a lot of time to work on publicity. I'll get the flyer and press release done tomorrow and we'll need to really move quickly after that.
This seems like an event with the potential to bring some new faces to the group, so if anyone has ideas for getting more publicity than we usually do, let me know. I was thinking that we might want to follow up the press release distribution with some phone calls to see if we can get more coverage than just the usual community calendar inclusions.
Topic 2: December Event
We didn't go into a lot of detail for the December event, but our plan is to do some kind of a cookie exchange, possibly taking the finished cookie plates to a local rest home or something rather than just taking them home to our own families. (I didn't take the greatest notes on this portion of our discussion so if I'm forgetting something, please chime in, fellow attendees.)
Action items:
- Contact local rest homes to see if they accept baked goods (responsible: Heather)
Topic 3: Overall Direction for the Humboldt Vegetarian Society
We talked about our individual motivations for becoming part of the group, and what aspects each of us likes about the existing format, and what we'd each like to see added or changed. We did some brainstorming and came up with lots of ideas for possible new directions, but also discussed our desire to not take on more than we can really handle at such an early stage of the group's development.
The potential areas of focus for the group can be broken down into three categories - social (i.e. just meeting and spending time with other vegans and vegetarians), advocacy/outreach/education, and volunteering. I'll list all of our brainstormed ideas by category -
Social
- continued potlucks/gatherings
- possibly offer some kind of incentives for new members (giveaways, coupons, etc.)
- Survey local restaurants and publish an online directory of what vegan/vegetarian options are available at local restaurants
- Recruit speakers for future events
- Host vegan cooking demos/classes
- Network with other groups who may have similar interests/objectives (HSU's AWARE group, Seventh Day Adventist churches, etc.)
- Tabling at local events
- Distributing leaflets at CR and/or HSU
- I don't think we actually talked much about this topic at the meeting, but it would include things like our November event activity, where we take on activities that give back to the community in some way.
I think that's it. If there's anything I've forgotten, please feel free to chime in, Heather, Adam, Valerie, Kindrick, or Marie!
Monday, October 26, 2009
Thanksgiving event
Hi guys,
Time to pin down the date for our Halloween potluck. The majority of group members who responded to the earlier poll seemed to strongly favor having this event the weekend before Thanksgiving. I just checked with the Humboldt Area Foundation and their space is free either day (Saturday, 11/21 or Sunday, 11/22), so we just need to pick a day and reserve the space. I just put up a new poll in the sidebar at the right, so if you could take a moment to register your preference, that would be great!
We'll be discussing ideas for activities to do after the meal at our upcoming business meeting; if anyone has ideas about that who won't be able to attend the business meeting, please feel free to throw them out now so they can be included in our discussion.
Looking forward to seeing you all soon.
Tamara
Time to pin down the date for our Halloween potluck. The majority of group members who responded to the earlier poll seemed to strongly favor having this event the weekend before Thanksgiving. I just checked with the Humboldt Area Foundation and their space is free either day (Saturday, 11/21 or Sunday, 11/22), so we just need to pick a day and reserve the space. I just put up a new poll in the sidebar at the right, so if you could take a moment to register your preference, that would be great!
We'll be discussing ideas for activities to do after the meal at our upcoming business meeting; if anyone has ideas about that who won't be able to attend the business meeting, please feel free to throw them out now so they can be included in our discussion.
Looking forward to seeing you all soon.
Tamara
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
HVS Business Meetings
Hello group members,
Hope you are all doing well and enjoying this lovely fall season.
At dinner last week, several group members expressed support for the idea of beginning to hold regular 'business meetings' for our veg society in addition to our ongoing social events. These meetings would help give direction to our future efforts and hopefully help us brainstorm some fun/educational events and projects for the group.
I'd like to get a sense of how many people would be interested in attending these types of meetings (I was thinking maybe every other month), and of those who are interested, what days/times and locations would you prefer?
If possible, I'd like to schedule the first HVS business meeting for early November, so please let me know ASAP if you're interested!
Take care,
Tamara
Hope you are all doing well and enjoying this lovely fall season.
At dinner last week, several group members expressed support for the idea of beginning to hold regular 'business meetings' for our veg society in addition to our ongoing social events. These meetings would help give direction to our future efforts and hopefully help us brainstorm some fun/educational events and projects for the group.
I'd like to get a sense of how many people would be interested in attending these types of meetings (I was thinking maybe every other month), and of those who are interested, what days/times and locations would you prefer?
If possible, I'd like to schedule the first HVS business meeting for early November, so please let me know ASAP if you're interested!
Take care,
Tamara
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Gardeners' Market
This Sunday, September 27th, from 11:00-1:00, there will be a Gardeners' Market at the Manilla Community Center. Home gardeners can bring their surplus produce and swap with other home gardeners.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Planning for Thanksgiving already...
As mentioned at last week's potluck, we'd like to plan a vegan Thanksgiving feast this year. We need your input to decide when to hold this event, so please vote in the poll on the right side of this page (just below the Yahoo Group and Facebook icons). If you're viewing this post in a blog reader, you'll need to hop over to the actual blog to vote. If there is more than one date that would work for you, feel free to select more than one.
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